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Adaptability, a Blessing or a Curse?    by Chet Shupe
Price: Free! 2610 words. Published on November 29, 2011. .

This essay reveals how our brains adapt to painful situations by taking comfort in illusions. By finding fulfillment in beliefs and dreams, we have "normalized" a way of life that is not sustainable. Our eventual survival requires a way of life based on intimacy. Finding comfort in the moment, we would no longer be dependent on dreams, and thus also on the "truths" by which we hope to realize them
Breathkept    by Saundra Mitchell
Price: $3.99 USD. 51660 words. Published on December 11, 2011. .

Parker Nixon has never been away from home. She’s never been in love. And she’s never been wanted for murder… until now.
Marriage Catalyst    by Marcel Sanchez
Price: $9.99 USD. 126250 words. Published on December 12, 2011. .

What will Marriage Catalyst do for my marriage? Marriage Catalyst is designed to transform marriages by helping couples learn and apply the Biblical principles that will grow their marriage. It will provide the practical tools to realize your dreams as a couple and as a family. This study is designed to help you connect with your spouse at a deeper level while building a lasting marriage.
Shear Luck: a novella    by Heather Justesen
Price: $2.99 USD. 29930 words. Published on December 19, 2011. .

When salon manager Chelsea Robison walks into the restaurant next door, she's surprised to run into her teenage crush Vaughn Krenshaw. Though he is still mourning his wife's death, he can't help but take a chance and ask her out. As things start getting serious, family pressure about dating again, and rumors from his past surface, making the chance for happily ever after look farther than ever.
All Dressed Up    by Lilian Darcy
Price: $4.99 USD. 102350 words. Published on December 21, 2011. .

"All Dressed Up" is a very modern take on two classic romance themes – secret babies and brides.
The Rival: The Third Book of the Fey    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $5.99 USD. 169330 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on December 25, 2011. .

A Land Scarred by War Faces a Conqueror Without Mercy. The Fey have conquered half the world with their great skills—not just at combat and with powerful magicks. The Fey have another weapon, a greater weapon: Patience. Twenty years after their first invasion, the Fey try again to conquer Blue Isle.
Joe's Ghost    by Veda Boyd Jones
Price: $0.99 USD. 51850 words. Published on December 28, 2011. .

The lives of Joe, Claire, Scott, and Buster are intertwined as they search the secrets in Joe's inherited home. Joe's Ghost is the story of hope and forgiveness as these folks come to grips with where their lives are heading and how to deal with changes they didn't choose.
Off the Rack    by Paperback Rack
Price: Free! 25560 words. Published by Black Bay Books  on December 31, 2011. .

The ten stories in this volume were all written by men and women who once worked at the Paperback Rack Bookstore in Tallahassee, Florida--one of the best independent new-and-used bookstores in the country. Authors include Helen K. Bailey, Teresa Jones, Jesse Murphree Kemper, Brigette Kinney, P. V. LeForge, Nancy H. Rainey, Len Schweitzer, Shannon Taylor, Stephanie Tillman, and Sara Warner.
The Things We Save    by Joanne Zienty
Price: $1.99 USD. 137910 words. Published on December 31, 2011. .

A broken 45 rpm record held together with tape, a fading stack of Polaroids, a cobalt blue perfume bottle, and a braid of human hair … these are just some of the things Claire Sokol keeps stashed in an old Marshall Field’s gift box. How did they get there and what do they signify? If these relics could talk, what stories would they tell? The Things We Save is for anyone with a box of her own.
The Sensual Chemist    by Andrew Sudell Davis
Price: $2.99 USD. 58880 words. Published on January 31, 2012. .

The Sensual Chemist is a witty yet thoughtful alternative social history, about England and its relationship with the rest of the world over the last two thousand years. Seen through the eyes of a diverse set of characters, love, sex, death and war jostle alongside religion, hypocrisy, science and marijuana to tell previously unheard truths about the place we live in.